Gibbs, when asked to comment on it, said he had never heard of Penn or Madonna.

"That's above me," he told reporters after being told who they were. "I was a PE major, remember. You guys are into arts and music and all those things. I had audio visual and things like that. Auto mechanics, by the way, that's still the most useful class I've ever had."

The Golden State Warriors, who trailed by 50 points in the third quarter before losing by 45 to the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday, are no strangers to blowouts.

The NBA record for the biggest victory margin is 63 points, by the Lakers against the Warriors in 1972.

"We've got to get to know each other better," said Ralph Sampson, the Warriors' recent acquisition. "We've got to learn the system."

Sampson, the franchise man, had 11 points and went 1 for 12 in the last three quarters. He was scoreless in the second half.

Picking winners at a race track is hard enough, but think of the poor people who make the right pick and never cash in their tickets.

There were $1,352,949 worth of unclaimed winning pari-mutuel tickets during the last two meetings at Santa Anita.

Santa Anita doesn't get to keep the money. It goes to the state of California.

Coach Barry Davis, hoping for a win after his University of Dallas basketball team had lost 75 straight:

"Our nickname is the Crusaders, and if this isn't one, then I don't know what is."